Power BI Contract Job Trends in Edinburgh

Microsoft Power BI
Scotland > Edinburgh

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Edinburgh requiring Power BI skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 20 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 44 53 60
Rank change year-on-year +9 +7 +23
Contract jobs citing Power BI 20 16 24
As % of all contract jobs in Edinburgh 3.40% 2.53% 2.64%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 16.95% 13.11% 14.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 3 15
10th Percentile £341 £460 £383
25th Percentile £416 £475 £456
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £481 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -3.75% - +11.11%
75th Percentile £530 £538 £593
90th Percentile £545 £560 £656
Scotland median daily rate £500 £400 £475
% change year-on-year +25.00% -15.79% +7.95%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £27.35 -
Scotland median hourly rate £11.50 £26.93 -
% change year-on-year -57.29% - -

All Database and Business Intelligence Skills
Edinburgh

Power BI falls under the Databases and Business Intelligence category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring database or business intelligence skills in Edinburgh.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for database or business intelligence skills 118 122 170
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Edinburgh 20.07% 19.27% 18.68%
Number of daily rates quoted 63 60 124
10th Percentile £406 £416 £411
25th Percentile £447 £450 £461
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £500 £506
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -1.19% +6.53%
75th Percentile £568 £550 £571
90th Percentile £665 £685 £634
Scotland median daily rate £465 £470 £499
% change year-on-year -1.06% -5.76% +4.12%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £27.35 -
Scotland median hourly rate £30.75 £19.59 £19.50
% change year-on-year +56.97% +0.46% -7.14%

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Job Vacancy Trend in Edinburgh

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Power BI relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Edinburgh.

Power BI job vacancy trend in Edinburgh

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Daily Rate Trend in Edinburgh

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Edinburgh citing Power BI.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Edinburgh citing Power BI

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Daily Rate Histogram in Edinburgh

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Power BI in Edinburgh over the 6 months to 20 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Power BI in Edinburgh

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Hourly Rate Trend in Edinburgh

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Edinburgh citing Power BI.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Edinburgh citing Power BI

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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Edinburgh by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 3 (15.00%) SharePoint
Applications
1 6 (30.00%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (10.00%) Spreadsheet
3 1 (5.00%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 6 (30.00%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 20 (100.00%) Power Platform
2 8 (40.00%) Power Automate
3 7 (35.00%) Dynamics 365
3 7 (35.00%) PowerApps
4 6 (30.00%) Azure
5 3 (15.00%) AWS
5 3 (15.00%) GCP
5 3 (15.00%) Snowflake
6 1 (5.00%) Azure Data Factory
6 1 (5.00%) Azure DevOps
6 1 (5.00%) Azure Functions
6 1 (5.00%) Azure Synapse Analytics
6 1 (5.00%) Microsoft 365
6 1 (5.00%) Microsoft Copilot
6 1 (5.00%) Microsoft Purview
6 1 (5.00%) Serverless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (10.00%) Data Warehouse
1 2 (10.00%) Metadata
2 1 (5.00%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
2 1 (5.00%) BusinessObjects
2 1 (5.00%) BusinessObjects XI
2 1 (5.00%) NoSQL
2 1 (5.00%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 1 (5.00%) Git
General
1 10 (50.00%) Public Sector
1 10 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 5 (25.00%) Finance
3 4 (20.00%) Banking
4 3 (15.00%) Analytical Skills
5 2 (10.00%) Retail Banking
6 1 (5.00%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 7 (35.00%) Analyst
2 6 (30.00%) Data Analyst
2 6 (30.00%) Developer
2 6 (30.00%) Power Platform Developer
3 3 (15.00%) Dynamics 365 Developer
4 2 (10.00%) Business Analyst
4 2 (10.00%) Consultant
4 2 (10.00%) Data Migration Manager
4 2 (10.00%) Data Migration Project Manager
4 2 (10.00%) Migration Manager
4 2 (10.00%) Migration Project Manager
4 2 (10.00%) Project Manager
5 1 (5.00%) Architect
5 1 (5.00%) Business Intelligence Analyst
5 1 (5.00%) Cloud Architect
5 1 (5.00%) Data Analytics Consultant
5 1 (5.00%) Data Business Analyst
5 1 (5.00%) Data Consultant
5 1 (5.00%) Report Manager
5 1 (5.00%) Team Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (5.00%) .NET
1 1 (5.00%) JSON
1 1 (5.00%) REST
1 1 (5.00%) Streamlit
Miscellaneous
1 2 (10.00%) Onboarding
2 1 (5.00%) Cloud Native
2 1 (5.00%) Data Protection Act
2 1 (5.00%) Data Structures
2 1 (5.00%) Legacy Systems
2 1 (5.00%) Low-Code
2 1 (5.00%) Replication
Processes & Methodologies
1 20 (100.00%) Business Intelligence
2 10 (50.00%) Agile
3 7 (35.00%) Problem-Solving
4 6 (30.00%) CRM
5 5 (25.00%) Data Governance
5 5 (25.00%) Migration
6 4 (20.00%) Data Analysis
6 4 (20.00%) Decision-Making
7 3 (15.00%) Analytics
7 3 (15.00%) Data Architecture
7 3 (15.00%) Data Modelling
8 2 (10.00%) Actionable Insight
8 2 (10.00%) CI/CD
8 2 (10.00%) Data Engineering
8 2 (10.00%) Data Integration
8 2 (10.00%) Data Management
8 2 (10.00%) Data Migration
8 2 (10.00%) DevOps
8 2 (10.00%) Stakeholder Management
8 2 (10.00%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 7 (35.00%) C#
1 7 (35.00%) JavaScript
2 6 (30.00%) PowerShell
3 5 (25.00%) SQL
4 1 (5.00%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 1 (5.00%) Python
4 1 (5.00%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 2 (10.00%) Degree
2 1 (5.00%) BPSS Clearance
2 1 (5.00%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (20.00%) Data Quality
1 4 (20.00%) Disclosure Scotland
2 2 (10.00%) PMO
3 1 (5.00%) GDPR
3 1 (5.00%) P3O
3 1 (5.00%) QA
Vendors
1 12 (60.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (5.00%) Databricks
2 1 (5.00%) Informatica
2 1 (5.00%) Talend